American college football season
The 2018 Missouri State Bears football team represented Missouri State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fourth-year head coach Dave Steckel and played their home games at the Robert W. Plaster Stadium . They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference . They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish in ninth place.
Previous season [ ]
The Bears finished the 2017 season 3–8, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for eighth place.
Preseason [ ]
Preseason MVFC poll [ ]
The MVFC released their preseason poll on July 29, 2018, with the Bears predicted to finish in ninth place.[1]
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
North Dakota State
390 (39)
2
South Dakota State
270
3
Northern Iowa
258
4
Youngstown State
248
5
Illinois State
248
6
South Dakota
206
7
Western Illinois
163
8
Southern Illinois
139
9
Missouri State
90
10
Indiana State
41
Preseason All-MVFC Teams [ ]
The Bears placed three players on the preseason all-MVFC teams.[2]
Offense
2nd team
Marquis Prophete – OL
Defense
1st team
Angelo Garbut – LB
2nd team
Darius Joseph – DB
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 p.m. at Oklahoma State * FS1 L 17–5850,103
10:00 a.m. Lincoln (MO) * ESPN3 W 52–241,284
September 15 2:00 p.m. No. 20 Northern Arizona * Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO ESPN3 W 40–87,217
September 29 2:00 p.m. No. 9 Illinois State Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO ESPN+ W 24–2112,224
October 6 2:00 p.m. at South Dakota No. 24 ESPN3 L 28–3510,092
October 13 1:00 p.m. at Indiana State ESPN+ W 29–266,721
October 20 2:00 p.m. Western Illinois Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO ESPN+ L 14–3112,109
October 27 2:00 p.m. Southern Illinois Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO ESPN+ L 35–496,374
November 3 2:00 p.m. at No. 7 South Dakota State ESPN+ L 7–595,869
November 10 2:00 p.m. No. 1 North Dakota State Robert W. Plaster Stadium Springfield, MO ESPN+ L 7–485,224
November 17 4:00 p.m. at Northern Iowa ESPN+ L 0–3710,072
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Game summaries [ ]
at Oklahoma State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
7
10
0
17
Cowboys
17
14
14
13
58
Lincoln (MO) [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Tigers
10
0
7
7
24
Bears
7
28
10
7
52
Northern Arizona [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 20 Lumberjacks
0
6
0
2
8
Bears
10
13
10
7
40
Illinois State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 9 Redbirds
0
0
14
7
21
Bears
3
7
7
7
24
at South Dakota [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 24 Bears
7
14
7
0
28
Coyotes
14
3
10
8
35
at Indiana State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
7
14
0
8
29
Sycamores
0
10
7
9
26
Western Illinois [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Leathernecks
7
3
7
14
31
Bears
7
0
0
7
14
Southern Illinois [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Salukis
0
21
21
7
49
Bears
7
14
0
14
35
at South Dakota State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
7
0
0
7
No. 7 Jackrabbits
7
31
7
14
59
North Dakota State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 1 Bison
20
14
14
0
48
Bears
0
0
7
0
7
at Northern Iowa [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
0
0
0
0
Panthers
10
10
7
10
37
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
STATS FCS
NR
NR
NR
RV
RV
24
RV
RV
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
Coaches
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
RV
RV
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries People Seasons